Nicola Sturgeon accused of making covid decisions 'on her instincts' with 'small band of advisors'

Nicola Sturgeon has rejected accusations that the pandemic response was run on her “instincts”.

In an exchange over a fanzone in Glasgow for the 2020 European Championships, which took place in 2021, Ms Sturgeon was shown an email between then health secretary Humza Yousaf and national clinical director Professor Jason Leitch where they claimed her “instinct” was to cancel the event.

Responding to the accusation from lead counsel to the inquiry Jamie Dawson KC, the former first minister said that could have been the case had the fanzone been cancelled.

“I had an instinct, I tested it again with the experts, I asked for advice, I considered that advice and, on the basis of that advice, decided the opposite of what my instinct had started out telling me,” she said.

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